raja wrote:

Hi, I am getting the following error. I see that it is trying to link to the static library, but I still get this error.

It's not trying to link to the static library - you are.

Would appreciate if someone can correct my usage. Linking to lib file: lib"boost_thread"-vc71-mt-sgd-1_31.lib

c:\Boost\include\boost-1_31\boost\config\auto_link.hpp(269) : fatal error C1189: #error : "Mixing a dll boost library with a static runtime is a really bad idea..." <snip>

In your project's properties, under C/C++ > Code Generation, set the Runtime Library to be "Multi-threaded DLL" in the release configuration and "Multi-threaded Debug DLL" in the debug configuration. If you are not using the Visual Studio IDE then use the /MD and /MDd compiler switches respectively.